Yearly Archives: 2019
Alaska life hack: Are you due an unemployment insurance refund?
Alaskans who worked for more than one employer in 2018, earned over $39,500, and paid more than $197.50 in unemployment insurance contributions, may be...
Scofflaw legislative leaders make Alaska statutes ‘optional’
By REP. BEN CARPENTER
Danger -- without action on our part, following the law in Alaska is about to become optional.
Meeting in Wasilla for the...
Let the people of Alaska decide
By THE ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has told the legislative Permanent Fund dividend working group that any changes to the annual payout should...
Mat-Su Delegation says moving special session illegal
With the presiding officers of the House and Senate determined to not bring the second special session of the Legislature to Wasilla, the Mat-Su...
Education department will disburse school funds monthly pending lawsuit outcome
Superintendents in Alaska's school districts were advised today by the State Department of Education and Early Development that, although the funding for their next...
Legislative leadership declines Wasilla special session
LEGISLATURE TO MEET IN JUNEAU, ANCHORAGE, BUT NOT VALLEY
The Alaska Legislature announced today it will convene in Juneau on July 8 for the second...
Wasilla special session is going to cost a bit more
BUT SPECIAL SESSION COULD DONE BE CHEAP, IF WORK IS DONE IN FOUR DAYS
Editor's note: This has been a fast-moving story. The update is...
MRAK Almanac: Bird watchers gather in Anchorage; assemblies tackle taxes
PRODUCED BY KOBE RIZK
The MRAK Almanac is your place for political, cultural, and civic events, events where you’ll meet political leaders or, if you...
Video: Dunleavy testifies about Permanent Fund to legislative committee
Gov. Michael Dunleavy made an unusual appearance at the Bicameral Working Group, an appointed body of the Legislature deliberating the past, present, and future...
Check out this video from Red Flag last week
The buzz is about the paint job on this F-16 flying during the Red Flag exercises in Alaska, as the F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft...